Hibernation is Great

Hibernation is great. I am just crawling out of my post Christmas log now. Every year I hibernate for the week between Christmas and New Years.I don’t exactly plan it but the sugar coma from the holidays kind of rolls me into it.I stay up late and alone. Staring at tree lights, playing solitaire, reading Swedish mysteries.I sleep late, often, irritatingly long for my non-hibernating husband. I don’t return phone calls. If someone catches me I’m vague. I am in a dream state. I do the daily chores but with no sense of time passing. I lose things and don’t care. I mess up all appointments that I haven’t cancelled. I am asleep people!!! My breathing is slow. I’ts not necesarily a relaxed or peaceful state. I’m simply sleeping. Occasionally I wonder if I’ll ever leave the house. Or wear anything but flannel. Pajamas. And the New Year is my alarm clock. I begin to care about people again. I think of work I want to do. Projects I want to begin. I am waking up. Deeply refreshed.The whole world needs more hibernation. Just chill. Palestine and Israel—take a nap. Time out.Congress–grab your blankets, get on your rug, come out when you are cleansed, renewed, your system rested. Spouses, climb into bed together for a prolonged winter’s night. Cuddled, in touch. No demands. The benefits are wild to think about. Hibernation is great. Let’s become a hiber–nation.